Vipraj Nigam’s 15-ball 39 may have only made the footnotes of Delhi Capitals’ historic run chase against Lucknow Super Giants in Visakhapatnam on Monday, but the 20-year-old is already a hero in Barabanki, his hometown in Uttar Pradesh. “The boy is creating history. No player from our district had made it to the Ranji Trophy. … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant felt his bowlers could have done the basics better at the back end as the target of 210 was defendable against a marauding Delhi Capitals which won by one wicket with three balls to spare in the IPL match on Monday. Ashutosh Sharma’s 66 not out of 31 … Read more
Delhi Capitals pulled off its highest successful chase in the Indian Premier League, against Lucknow Super Giants in its IPL 2025 opener in Vizag on Sunday. In a final-over thriller, Delhi Capitals pulled off a one-wicket win, chasing down LSG’s target of 210. Ashutosh Sharma played the starring role for DC with a 31-ball 66, … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ new captain Axar Patel on Sunday said that he is honoured to be leading the franchise and confident of the team he’s been entrusted with this IPL season. He referred to his long-time association with the franchise and said that he has the luxury of getting inputs and support from many experienced leaders … Read more
Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Axar Patel and head coach Hemang Badani on Sunday welcomed the allowances for a change of ball after the 10th over for the team bowling second in the evening matches and the usage of saliva to shine the ball in the ongoing IPL season. The ball replacement option is to negate … Read more
Delhi Capitals will face Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2025 at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Here is how the two teams are likely to line up for the match: DC Predicted Playing XI Batting 1st: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel (wk), Axar Patel (c), Sameer … Read more
Delhi Capitals will play its first game in the capital on April 13 against Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Its first two home matches, however, will be held at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Formerly known as Feroze Shah Kotla, the Arun Jaitley Stadium will host five of DC’s seven home games … Read more
Delhi Capitals has announced Faf du Plessis at its vice-captain for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season on Monday. du Plessis, 40, will be playing his first season for the Delhi-based franchise and will be deputy to Axar Patel – the new DC captain. The franchise took it to social media to announce … Read more
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season came to a close with Mumbai Indians beating Delhi Capitals in the final to claim its second WPL title. There were several outstanding individual performances during the course of the tournament, including the overseas veterans and young Indian talents. Sportstar looks at some of the best performing players … Read more
Mumbai Indians players celebrating a wicket during the WPL 2025 final against Delhi Capitals. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI/The Hindu Mumbai Indians players celebrating a wicket during the WPL 2025 final against Delhi Capitals. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI/The Hindu